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Wu was managing partner of [[Ernst & Young]]'s China business in 1996. He became deputy chairman of the firm in 1998 and chairman in 2000. He left the firm in 2005.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1557780/anthony-wu-pays-price-professional-misconduct|title=Anthony Wu pays the price of professional misconduct|newspaper=South China Morning Post|last=Winn|first=Howard|date=24 July 2014}}</ref> |
Wu was managing partner of [[Ernst & Young]]'s China business in 1996. He became deputy chairman of the firm in 1998 and chairman in 2000. He left the firm in 2005.<ref name = "Winn">{{cite news|url=http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1557780/anthony-wu-pays-price-professional-misconduct|title=Anthony Wu pays the price of professional misconduct|newspaper=South China Morning Post|last=Winn|first=Howard|date=24 July 2014}}</ref> |
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==Public appointments and politics== |
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Revision as of 23:51, 24 October 2016
Antony Wu Ting-yuk, GBS, JP, (b.1954)(Chinese: 胡定旭; Sidney Lau: Woo4 Ding6 Yuk1) is a standing committee member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee of the People's Republic of China. He was appointed on 11 March 2013.
Early life
New China Hong Kong Group
Wu served as financial advisor to the New China Hong Kong Group, a firm listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, prior to its collapse in 1999 with HK$1.5 billion in unpaid creditors.
Accounting career
Wu was managing partner of Ernst & Young's China business in 1996. He became deputy chairman of the firm in 1998 and chairman in 2000. He left the firm in 2005.[1]
Public appointments and politics
Wu was appointed chairman of the Hospital Authority of Hong Kong on 7 October 2004, a post he held for nine years.
In 2010, Wu was elected chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and served a two-year term of office.
Honours
The Hong Kong Government awarded Wu the Gold Bauhinia Star (GBS), its highest honour, for distinguished service to the community in 2008, one of eight recipients that year.
Professional misconduct
In 2014, Wu was found guilty of professional misconduct by the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants for acting concurrently both as financial advisor to and auditor of New China Hong Kong Group prior to its collapse. He was barred from practice for two years and fined HK$250,000 plus the Institute's costs. The Institute, exceptionally, issued a statement in July 2014 in response to unrepentant remarks by Wu, in which it stated that his breaches had been "persistent, flagrant and inexcusable".[1]
References
- ^ a b Winn, Howard (24 July 2014). "Anthony Wu pays the price of professional misconduct". South China Morning Post.